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Research Areas
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Advanced Materials, Polymers & Nanoengineering
Design and synthesis of inorganic and polymeric materials at the molecular level to achieve desirable properties for a wide range of applications
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Bioengineering
Applying chemical engineering principles for the development of biochemical processes and biomedical applications
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Energy
The development of photovoltaics, catalysts for fuels from sunlight, and electrical energy generation and storage systems engineering for energy efficiency
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Environmental Engineering
Programs to understand the fundamental science and engineering of air and water pollution, and to develop data for informed policy decisions. Process development for CO2 capture and sequestration
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Process Engineering
Design, modeling, optimization, and control of petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and microelectronic processes
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Theory & Simulation
The development and application of multiscale models and high performance computational simulations spanning atomic to continuum time and length scales
News
Kent Zheng receives MRS Science and Technology Award for Renewable Energy
Assistant Professor Kent Zheng has received Materials Research Society’s (MRS) Nelson “Buck” Robinson Science and Technology Award for Renewable Energy...
Google Backs UT Energy Institute to Power Texas Energy Innovation and Workforce
Google’s support to the Energy Institute will fund research and education related to powering data centers, said Professor and director of the Energy Institute Brian Korgel. It is part of Google’s $40 billion investment in Texas, announced last week by Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Governor Greg Abbott.
Published by Energy Institute.
National Nanotechnology Day, October 9, Honors the Nanometer Scale
Nanotechnology–defined as the study of material properties and interactions on a nanometer length scale–looks at matter at an unbelievably tiny scale...
Nicholas A. Peppas Recognized as a Leader in Regenerative Engineering and Medicine
AIChE’s Regenerative Engineering Society has named Nicholas A. Peppas the recipient of its Cato T. Laurencin Regenerative Engineering Society Founder’s Award.
